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Title: IPCC Scientists Challenge Al Gore's View of Global Warming Consensus
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Newsbusters.org
URL Source: http://newsbusters.org/node/13833
Published: Jun 29, 2007
Author: Noel Sheppard
Post Date: 2007-06-29 23:20:47 by sourcery
Keywords: None
Views: 135
Comments: 11
The chinks in the armor that is a supposed scientific consensus regarding man57;s role in global warming continued to grow this week when it was identified that many of the folks involved in the most recent report from the United Nations57; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were not in agreement with the study57;s findings.
Didn't hear about this? Well, how could you? Nobody reported it!
In fact, what you also didn't hear or read due to the media's universal eschewing of this information was that many of the views expressed in the IPCC57;s report go quite contrary to assertions regularly being made by the very press outlets not covering this new revelation and the Global Warmingist-in-Chief, soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore.
Think maybe that's why it's not being reported?
Regardless of the answer, the Heartland Institute, a non-partisan social and economic think tank, issued the following press release concerning this matter Friday (emphasis added throughout):
On June 28, in an historic move the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the expert review comments and responses to its latest assessment of the science of climate change. The IPCC report is the primary source of data for Al Gore's movie and book titled "An Inconvenient Truth."
Many of the comments by the reviewers are strongly critical of claims contained in the final report, and they are directly at odds with the so-called "scientific consensus" touted by Gore and others calling for immediate government action. For example, the following comment by Eric Steig appears in Second Order Draft Comments, Chapter 6; section 6-42:
In general, the certainty with which this chapter presents our understanding of abrupt climate change is overstated. There is confusion between hypothesis and evidence throughout the chapter, and a great deal of confusion on the differences between an abrupt "climate change" and possible, hypothetical causes of such climate changes.
"It is now abundantly clear why Al Gore will not accept our debate challenge. The supposed scientific consensus on global warming is pure fiction. Hopefully, the public release of comments and responses will enable the debate over global warming to turn to facts and less fiction," stated Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, a national nonprofit think tank based in Chicago.
The Heartland Institute has been running ads in national newspapers calling on Al Gore to debate Lord Christopher Monckton, a prominent global warming "skeptic." Starting today, the institute says it is now including Dennis Avery, an economist and coauthor of a book on global warming that is on the New York Times nonfiction best seller list, who Gore has also refused to debate.
Gore has also not responded to a debate challenge from Wharton Business School Professor Scott Armstrong, or a similar challenge from Czech President Vaclav Klaus.
Makes one wonder how the media can continue to support a man who isn57;t willing to debate anyone concerning this matter. Furthermore, given the press focus on the IPCC any time it releases a new report, one also has to question why this new information which actually came out on Wednesday went totally ignored.
In fact, according to LexisNexis and Google News searches, not one American press outlet covered this new revelation out of the IPCC. And, though the Heartland Institute's press release was first published by the U.S. Newswire at 5:15 PM EST Thursday, nobody reported it either.
It appears that information from the IPCC is only newsworthy when it supports anthropogenic global warming theories. How disgraceful.
For those interested, the comments of IPCC scientists are available in a rather lengthy PDF document here.
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See also: Linkages between solar activity, climate predictability and water resource development (PDF)
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#1. To: sourcery (#0)
The concensus was never more than a BIG LIE. Names were added to the list of " concensusees" largely any member os AAAS (a leftist organization owned by your friendly tribe through and through) by " unknown sources" and then you have to fight a stone wall to get your name off the list... works just like your beloved PTO/PTA which does the same thing when you sign the " attendance sheet". Your name is bandied to Congress as "demanding" the leftist agenda which you never even see. It is an old schtick.
sourcery, would you like to be made a co-owner of the environment list? I can't do the climate one for you but I'm sure you would be welcome there as well. And thanks for the post. I needed this. I've been posting on two different science boards.
You must be quite the scientist. I will give you the AAAS site entry if you like.
LOL! You know damn well I'm not a scientist. I do have a general love for science and I have a thing for smart men. Love to window shop. As for the AAAS site, is it worth it? I trust your judgement. Right now I'm posting on Science A GoGo. Not sure how they got that name. They are heavy into the climate change debate and I got into it with one guy about AIDS in Africa. Just started posting at The Science Forum. Seems to be fairly active with lots of interesting stuff to read, most of it over my head. Haven't gotten to know anyone there yet as I've only been posting there about 2 days. I'm registered at both places under my alternate handle.
Don't know. What are the requirements, privileges and responsibilities of the position?
#2. To: sourcery, *Agriculture-Environment*, *Global Climate Change* (#0)
#3. To: farmfriend (#2)
And thanks for the post. I needed this. I've been posting on two different science boards.
#4. To: JCHarris (#3)
You must be quite the scientist. I will give you the AAAS site entry if you like.
#5. To: farmfriend (#2)
sourcery, would you like to be made a co-owner of the environment list?
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#6. To: sourcery (#5)
allows you to ping a list should you so desire.
What are the requirements, privileges and responsibilities of the position?
#7. To: farmfriend (#6)
Then I accept!
allows you to ping a list should you so desire.
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#8. To: robin, sourcery (#7)
robin see above.
#9. To: sourcery (#7)
I added you to the list as well as made you a co-owner. If you would prefer not receive the pings but just want the ability to ping the list, that can be done.
#10. To: farmfriend (#9)
Thanks. So how does one send a ping to a ping list?
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#11. To: sourcery (#10)
Ok when you post something there will be a drop down box right under the "to" box. click on the arrow and it will drop down a list of all the lists you are able to ping. click on the one you want and the program will add it automatically. If you want to ping more than one list, preview between choices. When you post a thread the drop down box for ping lists will be the last one in your header informations boxes.
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